Art by Scott M. Fischer
Commander deckU
Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager
Harness cosmic mana acceleration to rapidly deploy Silver Surfer, protecting your board and unleashing Galactus alongside devastating colorless titans to crush 4-player pods.
Asked for“Commander Deck that uses Silver Surfer as the Commander and includes Galactus. I want it to utilize the strengths of their combo to be an overwhelming force for 4-player pods.”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Commander
1Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager
4UULegendary Creature — Alien Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Palladium Myr
3Artifact Creature — Myr
creature-based rock producing two colorless mana
Burnished Hart
3Artifact Creature — Elk
creature that fetches lands to accelerate mana growth
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
ramps a land on entry and replaces itself on death
Card Draw
10
Investigator's Journal
2Artifact — Book Clue
draws cards based on creatures entering the battlefield
Reckoner Bankbuster
2Artifact — Vehicle
draws cards and leaves behind a pilot token and body
Mask of Memory
2Artifact — Equipment
draws two cards when equipped attacker connects
Tamiyo's Journal
5Legendary Artifact — Book
creates steady clue tokens and can tutor key combo pieces
Sandstone Oracle
7Artifact Creature — Sphinx
refills your hand to match the pod's wealthiest player
Removal
10
All Is Dust
7Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi
one-sided cosmic board wipe leaving your colorless board intact
Introduction to Annihilation
5Sorcery — Lesson
versatile exile removal for any problematic permanent
Unstable Obelisk
3Artifact
early ramp that doubles as emergency catch-all removal
Meteor Golem
7Artifact Creature — Golem
destroys any nonland permanent on enter the battlefield
Steel Hellkite
6Artifact Creature — Dragon
flying threat that wipes opposing permanent mana curves
Duplicant
6Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
exiles a creature and copies its size and power
Threats/Wincons
23
Galactus, Devourer of Worlds
10Legendary Creature — Elder Alien
game-ending cosmic world-devourer that obliterates opponents
Ulamog's Crusher
8Creature — Eldrazi
forces opponents to sacrifice permanents via Annihilator
Bane of Bala Ged
7Creature — Eldrazi
exiles two permanents from defending player on attack
Artisan of Kozilek
9Creature — Eldrazi
reanimates a fallen threat on cast and brings Annihilator
Breaker of Creation
6CCCreature — Eldrazi
hexproof cosmic behemoth that gains life on cast
Endbringer
5CCreature — Eldrazi
flexible eldritch utility that untaps every turn in pod play
Conduit of Ruin
6Creature — Eldrazi
tutors top-end threats like Galactus and reduces their cost
Geode Golem
5Artifact Creature — Golem
cheats Silver Surfer into play upon dealing combat damage
Oblivion Sower
6Creature — Eldrazi
steals exiled lands from opponents to fuel mega turns
Myr Battlesphere
7Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
wide token army generator that deals direct burst damage
Phyrexian Triniform
9Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
resilient threat that splits into three 3/3 golems
Triplicate Titan
9Artifact Creature — Golem
flying vigilance trampler that splits upon destruction
Steel Overseer
2Artifact Creature — Construct
steadily buffs your entire artifact creature army
Metalwork Colossus
11Artifact Creature — Construct
frequently cast for free and recurs easily from graveyard
Colossus of Akros
8Artifact Creature — Golem
indestructible blocker that turns into a 20/20 trampler
Scrap Trawler
3Artifact Creature — Construct
recovers fallen combo artifacts whenever permanents die
Soul of New Phyrexia
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Avatar
gives all permanents indestructible from field or grave
Platinum Angel
7Artifact Creature — Angel
prevents loss and secures your dominant endgame
Darksteel Colossus
11Artifact Creature — Golem
indestructible trampling behemoth that shuffles back
Skittering Cicada
3Creature — Insect
grants colorless spells flash and grows with each cast
Flayer of Loyalties
8CCCreature — Eldrazi
steals an opponent's creature, buffs it, and grants annihilator
Utility
8
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
gives hexproof and haste to protect Silver Surfer
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
zero-cost shroud and haste for critical threats
Whispersilk Cloak
3Artifact — Equipment
guarantees unblockable attacks and complete protection
Planar Bridge
6Legendary Artifact
tutors Galactus or any permanent straight onto the battlefield
Loxodon Warhammer
3Artifact — Equipment
gives massive threats trample and game-saving lifelink
